I’ve written before about my affinity for customs and traditions and their importance. They are an integral part of who we are and where we’ve come from, helping us pass on to next generations our values and beliefs…. Read More

The children in Junior Kindergarten have been busy learning about insects and other creepy crawlers over the past few weeks. Through hands-on activities, the children explored the parts of an insect, insect life cycles, insect habitats, and so... Read More

Last month, the 1st graders jumped on a yellow school bus to depart for a field trip to the Oakes Museum of Natural History. Before we left the classroom, I asked the students if they had ever been... Read More

Every day, I challenge our students to think about the many ways in which mathematics impact our lives. Today, I challenge you in the same way! Can you answer this simple question — how many times do you… Read More

In part 2 of this series, I left off sharing that I was learning to program a Z80 Starter computer in its native machine language — and I reported that the computer still works! It has evolved quite... Read More

Here at Harrisburg Academy, the sky is the limit for our Upper School students! They push themselves above and beyond the limits of their normal school day to delve deep and conduct research on a topic of their… Read More

Zoe M. ’23 was the winner of the 2017 American Freedom Essay Contest in the “Middle School” category. She received a free field trip with The Constitutional Walking Tour of Philadelphia for her entire class yesterday, April 5…. Read More

Second grade students at Harrisburg Academy are immersed in the study of Native American tribes for three quarters of the academic year. Students learn about the Iroquois of the Northeast, Seminole of the Southeast, Sioux of the Plains,... Read More

I recently chaperoned a trip for Harrisburg Academy students to the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia to see the Terracotta Warriors exhibit from China. Five of our intrepid international high school students braved the chilly, bumpy bus (full mostly... Read More

Over Winter Break, I traveled to India and had an opportunity to visit a residential/boarding educational center, shelter, and life skill development center in Bengaluru, India — Nisarga Grama School (a project of Sparsha Trust). I also met... Read More